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Hi,
I'm Fabio Massimo Fabrizio of Arezzo (in Tuscany), and with my cousin, Marco Fabrizio (of Rome), we are the last araldic descendans of Fabrizio's Barons of Castelverrino, in Molise, in several centuries of patristic history.
The most famous ancestor of our entire family was Caio Fabrizio Luscino (Luscino in Latin means "blind on an eye"), 4 times Consul, one time Dictator, one Time Caensor and for many years Princeps Senatus during the War of Rome vs. Samnites and Pirro, at the beginnig of III century B.C.
The Fabrizio' family originally wasn't Roman, but Hernica. Hernici was a Italic population, very ancient, living near Rome, in the mountains over the actual city of Frosinone, in the Valley of Sacco River.
Their fortress was: Anagni, Ferentino, Alatri, and so on.
This mighty population of Iron Age was the first non-Latin population againt whom Rome fought, during the period that goes from King Tarquinius the Superb to the early Republic. But Hernica population lived in that area much earlier than Rome's foundation, that is to say before 753 B.C.
Fabrizio means "blacksmith", iron forgers. During the Iron Ages blacksmiths were a very powerful social class, because they owned the power of military arms. Probably Fabrizio were chieftains, and, besides the Miltary power, it's very plausible that they were religious lords.
Caio Fabrizio Luscino (III sec.)was born in Alatri. And Alatri was the only citadel that, during the war of Hernici against Rome (VI-V sec. B.C.), didn't fight, but kept alliance. So italian historicians think that many rich an powerful people of Alatri fused themselves with romans. And Fabrizio (Fabricii), rich, fighters ans religious chieftains, during that age (ca. 550-500 B.C.) came in Rome like one of the earliest rich Plebeian Family in the history of Rome.
After Liciniae-Sexties Laws, that allowed plebeian to reach Senatorian (and enven Consularis) rank, Fabricii began to climb up the social ladder, till Luscino succeded, like Homo Novus of Our Family. And early, because of his military talent, he was nomined Consul and won the entire Samnites population, during two battles that allowed him to celebrate 2 great Thriumpii in Rome.
During this victorious war, many people of Samnium (Irpinia, Abruzzo and Molise) passed under the control of Fabricia Gens, becoming their "clientes". It is dated to this period the first radication of Fabrizio in Abruzzo and Molise (Later another derivated branch of Fabritio Family settled in Altino, near actual Venice).
Jumping over the well-known (and Incredible) deeds of Caio Fabrizio, celebrated by Catone, Cicerone, Plutarco, Virgilio, Dante, Petrarca etc., another important member of our generation was Lucio Fabrizio, praetor urbanus during the age of Mario & Sulla, that built the famous Pons Fabricius, from Marcello's Theatre to Tiberina Insula. This stone bridge is now the most ancient complete ans transitable bridge of Rome.
During the Medieval Era, some Fabrizio of Molise and Veneto, reached lord's ranking, and became Barons. Barons of Castelverrino in Molise, my ancestors, kept their title till 1948, year of our Costitution that cancelled nobiliary titles. Antonino Fabrizio, vice-questor of the City of Chieti (in Abruzzo) was the last Baron. But the greatness of our increbible ancient history, and the pureness of our tradition (our "motto" is FIDE, FERRO ET FIRMITATE) is still alive in our hearts...
Hope to reveal you some of interesting...
Bye
Fabio Massimo Fabrizio
Via XXV Aprile, 23\a
52100 - AREZZO - ITALY
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